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Regulated self-cannibalism

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Cells consume parts of themselves to survive starvation and during development. But how do they control this process of self-eating so that it begins at the right time and does not end up killing the cell?

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Figure 1: Cellular self-eating: the basics.

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Klionsky, D. Regulated self-cannibalism. Nature 431, 31–32 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/431031a

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